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On 14 June 2022, the International Weightlifting Federation officially announced the new weight categories for Paris 2024, with the total medal count reducing from fourteen to ten. Among the weightlifting medal events, the 61 and 73 kg categories for men and the 49 and 59 kg for women remain present from Tokyo 2020. The following list is the ...
Lifters from the Tokyo Olympics in 2020 - Medallists Hou Zhihui of China and Saikhom Mirabai Chanu of India - along with other participants, Chinese Taipei's Fang Wan-ling, United States' Jourdan Delacruz, Dominican Republic's Beatriz Pirón and Belgium's Nina Sterckx - returns for this event, along with debutants.
World Record: Snatch: World Standard: 127 kg — 1 November 2018 Clean & Jerk Liang Xiaomei (CHN) 161 kg: Doha, Qatar: 12 December 2023 Total Liang Xiaomei (CHN) 284 kg: Doha, Qatar ...
Li Wenwen won the women’s +81 kilogram division on Sunday to give China five gold medals in weightlifting at the Paris Olympics. Li was the runaway winner by lifting a total of 309 kilograms ...
China could add two more titles in Paris, with Shi Zhiyong in the men’s 73 kilograms later Thursday and Li Wenwen in the women’s +81 kilograms on Sunday. Each won Olympic gold three years ago.
In 2024, the wide, wide world of sports saw repeat champions, first-time titlists, a grand Paris summer and some epic fails. The winners and losers:
Rank Athlete Nation Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total 1 2 3 Result 1 2 3 Result Li Wenwen China 130: 136 — 136: 167: 173: 174: 173: 309: Park Hye-jeong South Korea 123: 127: 131: 131
The Women's 71 kg weightlifting competitions at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris took place on 9 August at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles. [1] Olivia Reeves won the United States' first gold medal in weightlifting since 2000. [2]